avoiding the fiscal cliff. the president will make the case that congress needs to take action to stop taxes from going up on middle class consumers during the holiday season. republicans say they are not impressed with the president's latest proposal brought to capitol hill yesterday by timny geithner. the white house proposal consists of $1.6 trillion in higher taxes. and want $50 billion in infrastructure spending until 2015. >>> more bay area cities are considering taxes on soda sales. the first city to put the idea up for public vote was richmond. that was defeated earlier this month. now berkeley, vallejo, and alameda county are all thinking about similar measures. the soda industry said the tax would not work because consumers would go to neighboring cities to buy their drinks without the tax. >>> if you want to you'll get a chance to play the power ballot reflection year. the california lottery commission just voted they will join the power ball game and power ball tickets will go on sale here in califo